by Mychal ThompsonBuzzFeedBuzzFeed Staff Troye Sivan just addressed his relationship with aging and cosmetic procedures after a social media doctor harshly critiqued his appearance, and then apologized. Victor Boyko / Getty Images On Wednesday, Troye shared a lengthy post on his Substack about a now-deleted Instagram Reel in which a person who called himself an "aesthetic doctor" said that Troye "does appear a bit more older looking" and you "could argue he's experiencing twink death." @PopCrave / x.com Although the doctor apparently responded to Troye's reaction and later apologized, he initially claimed that if the "Rush" singer were his patient, he would recommend several cosmetic treatments to improve his appearance. Wendell Teodoro / Getty Images On his Substack, Troye didn't hold back with frustration about the influencer/doctor's comments, writing, "What good is money and modern medicine if not to fix all of these flaws that this random sicko fucko plastic surgeon told me I have in an instagram reel?" Taylor Hill / Getty Images First, Troye's essay playfully explained how he feels he's "aging in a good way, getting 'sexier' with time, and then feeling like gollum's very close pop-singing relative. So decrepit, somehow both skinny and fat at the same time." Robyn Beck / Getty Images Now 30 years old, Troye revealed that he struggled with body image for a majority of his life, like most people, pointing out that he's "famously skinny" and still the image search result for "twink" despite not feeling that skinny or "twinky" anymore. Wendell Teodoro / Getty Images Troye's described his natural response to the pressures and scrutiny around his body image as two-pronged: The first is that he's always been body-positive and accepting of all body types. View this photo on Instagram @troyesivan / Instagram: @undefined "I am body positive to my core and believe that every body is beautiful," he wrote. "I'm grateful for mine (and yours, sexy), and that it allows me to do all the things that I want to, free of pain and illness," he wrote. "It's also cool to age... I heard this piece of advice (anecdotally) from a person at the very top of the fashion world - 'stay ugly'. i.e., don't fuck with your face. How cool!!" Martin Philbey / Getty Images "When everyone else has the same nose and no wrinkles and no smile lines and filler that's migrated all the way down to their necks, you'll be so happy and chic and weathered and wise," he continued. The second prong was his honest opinion on cosmetic procedures, highlighting the ridiculous expense and risks involved, noting that he was quoted $3,000 just for a consultation to transfer fat from his legs or abdomen to his under-eye area. View this photo on Instagram @troysivan / Instagram: @undefined Having reservations about being the right age to start getting baby botox, Troye candidly said, "I guess if i'm backlit, or only show the half of my face where the volume loss under my eyes is less pronounced (my right side is worse than my left), and angle my phone up high above my head and look up sort of doe-eyed, I can kind of still look the same as I did 5 or 6 years ago. The cracks are starting to show though." Dave Benett / Getty Images Referring to the photo the "aesthetic doctor" used in his Instagram Reel, Troye said, "I've always hated red carpet photos. I think I've felt like I looked good in the photos maaaaaybe twice." Wendell Teodoro / Getty Images "I knew on the night of the NGV Gala that I did not feel like I looked good on the red carpet," he added. "I checked my instagram tags and was definitely like......oh. It wasn't great. Hearing this unsolicited medical advice given publicly by a doctor I do not know pushed me toward Prong #2 for a fair few days." Wendell Teodoro / Getty Images "My all-knowing, eternally and deeply evil algorithm saw the opportunity in this moment of vulnerability, and pulled every lever and dialled every knob to 1000. I saw video after video of deep plane face lift recoveries, and ads for unapproved GLP-1 meds that now come in pill form (I weigh 59kg/130lbs at the moment). I hit the 'not interested' button a few times, and hoped for the best," Troye said. Hanna Lassen / Getty Images In the end, Troye admitted it's hard to predict how he'll solve his dilemma. "I'm patient with myself, and understand and respect both approaches," he wrote before noting the doctor removed the video and apologized. "It's us vs species-endingly-insatiable corporate greed, with access to addictive brainwashing technology. Good luck!!!!" Don Arnold / Getty Images People were utterly disgusted by the doctor's comments while also praising Troye for his honest response. "As a plastic surgery resident (who is also turning 30), I have to say that what this tiktok guy did was COMPLETELY ridiculous," one person wrote. "An unprompted analysis of someone's face under the nefarious guise of a professional title is so antithetical to the core of medicine and caring for our